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LePage, veterans tout plan to save military retirees $9.6 million in taxes

AUGUSTA | Proposals to tax nonprofits and eliminate state aid to local government have not been met warmly by many lawmakers, but another piece …
The Penobscot River in Hampden on Tuesday, March 3.

Thick ice on Penobscot River thwarts Coast Guard cutters

BANGOR | Repeated winter storms and record cold conditions have hampered the U.S. Coast Guard’s ice cutting operations on the Penobscot River, raising concern …
Zak Mills

Community rallies in support of Maine high school coach’s son undergoing cancer treatment

LAGRANGE | Few 11-year-olds can boast of earning a state championship ring for his role on a high school basketball team. But it’s all …
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Gov. Paul LePage addresses the chamber during the 2015 State of the State address at the State House in Augusta on Feb. 3, 2015.

Why LePage faces daunting history in amending Maine’s constitution

Jamey House, a displaced millworker from Lincoln and peer support worker, speaks at a news conference on Tuesday. Three Maine foundations donated $75,000 to address the immediate needs of displaced workers and their families affected by recent mill closures in northern and eastern Maine.

Maine foundations donate $75,000 in aid for those affected by recent mill closures

The Bucksport mill as seen Jan. 1, 2015.

Union: Verso still owes some former Bucksport millworkers $357,000 in severance

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The so-called Midtown Three building -- the third of four buildings included in the latest version of the high-profile Midtown development project proposed for Portland's Bayside neighborhood -- is depicted here with a view from Somerset Street in an image submitted with the project application to City Hall.

$85 million Portland project gets approvals, but with big condition

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Emily Cain announces 2016 bid for Congress

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Reports: History Channel cancels ‘Down East Dickering’

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Kevin Klucher of Maryland snaps a photo of a live lobster in Rockland at the 67th annual Maine Lobster Festival in July 2014.

Maine’s lobster enigma: Record catches in warming waters

Known as the "Peacekeeper," this nearly 17-foot armored vehicle, built on a 1989 Dodge pick-up truck chassis, will arrive in Brunswick within weeks to be used by the Brunswick Police Department's Special Response Team.

Brunswick police adding armored vehicle to fleet

Gov. Paul LePage addresses the crowd at a chamber breakfast at the Hilton Garden Inn in Bangor in this 2014 BDN file photo. LePage announced he will submit a bill that would not allow the Maine attorney general's office to use money awarded as settlements in lawsuits. Most recently the attorney general's office received a large settlement from a multistate lawsuit against S&P.

LePage working on plan to borrow $100 million a year to fix Maine bridges

Houlton homicide probe continues as police await autopsy results

Autopsy results are still pending on the body of a 61-year-old Houlton …
The former Dr. Carl Troutt School of Mattawamkeag as seen in January 2014.

Pellet plant developer seeks to buy former Mattawamkeag school

Police say ‘sexual activity’ took place in Auburn massage parlor

Auburn officials voted to shut down a massage parlor Monday night, after …

Opinion

A police officer walks up the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington March 2, 2015. The Supreme Court will hear "King v. Burwell" on March 4, a challenge on whether residents in at least 34 U.S. states are eligible for federal tax subsidies to help them buy health coverage under President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act.
EDITORIALS

Obamacare in context for the Supreme Court: Affordable insurance for 75,000 Mainers

The Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday on the latest legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act. However the nine justices rule on a challenge that …

Sports

Messolonskee High School players celebrate Jacob Dexter's first goal (center) during the Eastern Maine Class B championship game against Winslow High School at Alfond Arena in Orono on Tuesday.

Messalonskee captures fourth consecutive East Class B hockey title

ORONO | Defending Class B state hockey champ Messalonskee High School captured its fourth consecutive Eastern Maine title Tuesday night as the line of …

Health

VITAL SIGNS

Addiction experts decry LePage plan to cut methadone funds

A group of local and national substance abuse experts spoke out Tuesday against Gov. Paul LePage’s plan to eliminate state funding for methadone treatment. LePage’s …

Business

The Bucksport mill as seen Jan. 1, 2015.

Union: Verso still owes some former Bucksport millworkers $357,000 in severance

PORTLAND | The machinists union representing workers at Verso Paper’s former paper mill in Bucksport has filed a complaint with state officials arguing the …

Living

Portland artist Mei Selvage talks about some of her work in a solo exhibit called "Express Wisdom in Visual Poetry and Storytelling" in the Joanne Waxman Library at the Maine College of Art on Monday.

Portland tech guru turned artist draws on Chinese roots

Mei Selvage’s story can perhaps best be told through the analogy of a lotus flower. It took a move to America and …

Outdoors

Travis Mills, a retired U.S. Army staff sergeant of the 82nd Airborne, wounded warrior, motivational speaker, actor and advocate for veterans and amputees, signs purchasing paperwork for the Maine Chance Lodge, built in 1929 in Rome, and was once owned by cosmetics pioneer, Elizabeth Arden. The lodge will be made into a retreat for combat-wounded disabled veterans.

Historic Maine lodge to become retreat for injured veterans

AUGUSTA | Members of the military wounded in combat, disabled veterans and their families soon will have a scenic retreat in central Maine where …

Food

MAINE COURSE

Barley Risotto with Caramelized Onions, Sauteed Mushrooms and Roasted Red Peppers

  Years ago, I stood in my Connecticut kitchen, stirring a pot on the stove while my friends set the table behind me. It was …

Events

CULTURE SHOCK

Lady Antebellum to return to Bangor Waterfront, with guest Hunter Hayes

Lady Antebellum, multi-platinum country trio, will play its third concert at the Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion this summer, when they return to Bangor on Thursday, June …

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